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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DIGITAL LIBRARIES - 
TPDL (http://www.tpdl.eu)

.: CALL for bids to host the TPDL Conference in 2015 and 2016 :.

The Steering Committee of the International Conference on Theory and 
Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL) invites persons and organizations 
to submit a bid for hosting the conference in 2015 and 2016.

The International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital 
Libraries (TPDL) has been the leading scientific forum on digital 
libraries since 1997. Until 2011 the conference was named European 
Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries 
(ECDL). Information about the previous ECDL/TPDL conferences can be 
found at http://www.tpdl.eu/past-events-and-conferences, while in 2014 a 
joint event will be co-organized by the International Conference on 
Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL) and the Joint Conference 
on Digital Libraries (JCDL) in London, UK, September, 8-12, 2014.

The TPDL conference includes a variety of events in order to produce a 
rich and stimulating programme. Typically, a Conference includes (but is 
not necessarily limited to): Tutorials, Workshops, Doctoral Consortium, 
Research papers, Panel discussions, Posters/Demonstrations, Other 
co-located events, such as project meetings and Social Programme. The 
conference attracts around 200-300 participants and it is usually held 
in September.

Guidelines on submitting a bid can be found at: http://www.tpdl.eu/bid

Bids must be submitted by *Friday, April 25th 2014* by email to the 
Executive Board of the Steering Committee Christos Papatheodorou 
([log in to unmask]), Stefan Gradman ([log in to unmask]) and 
Trond Aalberg ([log in to unmask]). Interested parties can contact the 
Executive Board of the Steering Committee to receive further details.

The Steering Committee will review and select the proposals. The 
Steering Committee can ask for modifications and changes to the 
proposals, if deemed necessary. The key persons of the selected bids 
will be invited to the Steering Committee Meeting at JCDL/TPDL 2014, 
London, UK,(September 8-12) in order to present the bid.

IMPORTANT DATES
- Bid submission deadline: April 25th, 2014
- Feedback to bidders and discussion: May - June 2014
- Bid selection: June 2014

STEERING COMMITTEE
- Trond Aalberg, Norwegian University of Technology & Science, Norway
- Maristella Agosti, University of Padova, Italy
- Bolette Ammitzboll Jurik, State and University Library, Aarhus, 
Denmark
- Jose Borbinha, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
- George Buchanan, City University London, UK
- Vittore Casarosa, ISTI-CNR, Italy
- Milena Dobreva, University of Malta, Malta
- Stefan Gradmann, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
- Sarantos Kapidakis, Ionian University, Greece
- Laszlo Kovacs, MTA SZTAKI, Hungary
- Mounia Lalmas, Yahoo! Research in Barcelona, Spain
- Carlo Meghini, ISTI-CNR, Italy
- Erich Neuhold, University of Vienna, Austria
- Christos Papatheodorou, Ionian University, Greece
- Edie Rasmussen, The University of British Columbia, Canada
- Andreas Rauber, Technical University of Wien, Austria
- Heiko Schuldt, University of Basel, Switzerland
- Ingeborg Solvberg, Norwegian University of Technology & Science, 
Norway
- Costantino Thanos, ISTI-CNR, Italy
- Giannis Tsakonas, University of Patras, Greece
- Panayiotis Zaphiris, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus